Euro Trek is trekking again... on the wings of a DVD player!

Euro Trek is happy to be trekking again, this time to Paris, France and Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (not Europe, but still foreign and exciting) with the help of a DVD player!

 For Christmas 2011, Euro Trek received one of Woody Allen's latest efforts, the quirky and lovable Midnight in Paris, starring Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, and others. Midnight in Paris is sure to appeal to Francophiles, art buffs and literature geeks. The movie is a 94 minute meeting of these three fabulous worlds. Your heart is sure to explore with joy giving the meeting of these three artistic worlds.

Sex and the City 2, on the other hand, is a fashionable romp in the Middle East. This quartet of 40+ somethings ventures to the U.A.E to continue their amazing life adventures, this time in a sandy land of camels and open air markets.

 Off we go!

Newest acquisitions: Midnight in Paris and Sex and the City 2

Je pense à Paris: Gargoyle Considering Paris

Gothic Cathedral = Notre Dame de Paris.
Gargoyles = Deep thinkers of Paris.

Notre Dame: Preserving the sanctity of Paris while also pondering its many wonders?

Perhaps this particular gargoyle of Notre Dame de Paris is not only preserving the sanctity of the cathedral, but also pondering the many historical wonders of the City of Light spread out for miles upon miles beneath his feet.

Perhaps he's wishing he could fly away from his stony perch and explore his city of history, magic and dreams.

For now, he'll just have to continue to be a part of history among other relics of 12th century Gothic architecture.

I hope he's inspiring young writers who are undoubtedly sipping tiny espressos at the cafes surrounding Notre Dame and writing in moleskin journals (perhaps typing furiously on laptops?), inspired by great writers of the past such as Victor Hugo, Samuel Beckett, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Rimbaud, Jean-Paul Sartre and more.

Paris, je t'aime.

#FranceFriday: Disneyland! In Paris!

How does a girl celebrate her 24th birthday in December while teaching in sunny Montpellier in the south of France? By heading to Disneyland Paris of course!

I had a lovely time spending a (very) chilly day in Disneyland *in Paris* celebrating my birthday? How can this possibly be topped? Getting engaged one day atop the Eiffel Tower? ;) We shall see.

Amusez-vous bien!

Celebrating my birthday, in Disneyland, in Paris!

Paris, je t'aime: La Tour Eiffel

Paris, summer 2006.
La Tour Eiffel glitters.

Paris puts on her jewels as la Tour Eiffel glitters in the night sky

Sarah and I went to Paris in August 2006 for a week filled with Parisian discoveries. (Her first visit to the City of Light, my second.) We couldn't waste an evening sitting in our hotel room so what did we do? We walked along the Seine to admire the beauty of La Tour Eiffel twinkling in the late August night sky.